Court fines ex-Kyrgyz official sanctioned under Global Magnitsky Act $3,000 for corruption
BISHKEK. Feb 11 (Interfax) - A court in Bishkek on Thursday found Raimbek Matraimov, former deputy head of the Kyrgyz State Customs Service, guilty of corruption and fined him $3,000.
"The court has found Raimbek Matraimov guilty of a crime envisaged by the Corruption article of the Kyrgyz Criminal Code. He has been fined 260,000 som ($3,000)," the press service for Bishkek's Pervomaisky District Court told Interfax.
The court lifted the travel restrictions placed on Matraimov and lifted the freeze on his property, including his bank accounts, the press service said.
After the country's administration changed on October 20, 2020, Matraimov was detained by State National Security Committee officials in connection with a pretrial probe into corruption in customs bodies. The court then imposed travel restrictions on the former head of the Kyrgyz customs.